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Post Mountain, California Weather

Summer heat deepens across the valleys. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Post Mountain weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Post Mountain, CA
Sunday, July 5 at 11:54 AM
81
°
Mostly Clear
Feels like
83°
Humidity
31%
Wind
4 mph
Sunrise
10:48 PM
Sunset
1:46 PM
Post Mountain, CA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastPost Mountain, CA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 60 to 86 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 60°H 86°
Post Mountain, CA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    86°59°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Partly Cloudy
    85°60°-1°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Clear
    89°55°+4°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Clear
    90°52°+1°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Clear
    91°49°+1°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Overcast
    93°53°+2°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Overcast
    95°53°+2°
Post Mountain, CA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
ENE
072° · veering 176°
Direction
ENE
072°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
5
mph
Peak 24h
11
avg 5
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 5 · pk 11 @ 3:00p
010MPHB1B2B3B4-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 122SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Post Mountain, CA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
900.1
+3.0 mb in 3h · rising rapidly · 26.58 inHg
Now
900.1
mb
3h
+3.0
mb
12h
+2.2
mb
24h
-1.5
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 895902
890895900905910-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW901.5894.7899.9
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
The low is filling — pressure climbing out of storm territory.
Post Mountain, CA
Air quality
30
AQI
Good
+3 in 6hPeak ~46 @ 11 PM

AQI 30 (Good), driven by Ozone. Ozone at AQI 50. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~70%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5Good
6.6μg/m³
PM 10Good
10μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
105μg/m³
UV IndexHigh
6.7

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 50. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~70%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 50
UV peak
7.7 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 26

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 6.6 µg/m³ (AQI 37) with a 0.66 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.66
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Post Mountain, CA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
34%
MOSTLY CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
125.4mi
UNLIMITED
135 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
18:54 UTC · Post Mountain, CA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
18:54 UTC · Post Mountain, CA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Post Mountain, CA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Post Mountain, CA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Post Mountain, CA
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:16 AM
Sunrise
10:48 PM
Daylight
14h 58m
Sunset
1:46 PM
Civil dusk
9:20 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Post Mountain, CA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
70% illuminated
Moonrise
11:34 PM
Moonset
11:31 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Post Mountain, CA
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Summer heat deepens across the valleys

weather
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Post Mountain at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 10°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 18 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

16-Day Forecast — Post Mountain

  1. Sun86°59°2%
  2. Mon85°60°1%
  3. Tue89°55°1%
  4. Wed90°52°0%
  5. Thu91°49°0%
  6. Fri93°53°0%
  7. Sat95°53°0%
  8. Sun90°63°0%
  9. Mon87°55°2%
  10. Tue93°51°2%
  11. Wed92°50°3%
  12. Thu95°54°2%
  13. Fri95°55°0%
  14. Sat94°61°0%
  15. Sun89°55°6%
  16. Mon91°50°3%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 5, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

ZIP codes in Post Mountain

  • 96041

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.